WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; India: Tibetan Marchers Stopped

By REUTERS

Published: June 5, 2008

India broke up a march to China by Tibetan exiles, arresting 260 protesters from a restricted military zone stretching to the border. The exiles began walking on March 10 from the northern town of Dharamsala, the seat of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to join protests against Chinese rule inside Tibet. The march and other anti-China protests had become an embarrassment for New Delhi, which has growing trade and cultural relations with China.